Chelsea: Gallas threatened to score an own-goal

CHELSEA claim unhappy French defender William Gallas threatened to score an own goal and refused to play for the club before he was sold to Arsenal as part of the deal which took Ashley Cole to Stamford Bridge.

The Barclays Premiership champions took the unprecedented step of issuing a statement to inform their fans about the lack of respect the defender showed the club in a bid to get a move away from Chelsea.

The statement revealed how he initially refused to play against Liverpool in last season’s FA Cup semi-final and how, if selected to play against Manchester City in the first game of this season, he threatened to score an own goal, get sent off or make deliberate mistakes.